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Drinking Water Week Water Cycle Coloring Contest
Water Cycle Coloring Contest Rules Calling all kids 12 and under – don’t miss your chance to enter to win a Greenville Water prize pack during our Drinking Water Week Water Cycle Coloring Contest. Let your creativity show. Go wild with markers, crayons, colored pencils, glitter or whatever you want…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Invites the Community to Participate in Drinking Water Week
Greenville Water and water communities all across North America will celebrate Drinking Water Week, May 5-11, by recognizing the vital role drinking water plays in our daily lives. The focus will be placed on ways in which water consumers can take personal responsibility in caring for their tap water by…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Employee Receives Meritorious Operator Service Award
John R. Ross, Plant Superintendent at Adkins Water Treatment Plant for Greenville Water, was recognized by his peers with the 2019 Meritorious Operator Service Award at this year’s South Carolina Environmental Conference. This award is given to a Water Treatment Operator who has demonstrated outstanding performance based on health department…
Continue reading →Will We Have Enough Water for Our Future?
Water is arguably our state’s most essential natural resource, and planning for our future water needs is one of the most important things we can do together. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has the lead role for water policy and planning in the state. In 2014, SCDNR…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Partners with Greenville County School District to Educate Students About Water Resources
Greenville Water is pleased to provide standards-based lesson plans and activities that feature critical thinking questions, hands-on demonstrations, academic vocabulary flash cards, and an engaging puzzle to educate sixth graders throughout the Greenville County School District about our water resources. “The donation of these water cycle puzzles showcases their commitment…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Provides Stable Water Rates for Customers Three Years Running
For the third consecutive year, Greenville Water’s strong financial position continues through 2019 without an increase in water rates. Greenville Water provides long-term, sustainable delivery of safe, reliable drinking water to all customers while maintaining some of the lowest rates in the country. This type of stability draws upon Greenville…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Receives 2018 ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award
The Greenville Chamber presented Greenville Water with the 2018 ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award for its commitment to increasing the positive impact of women’s leadership in our community. The fifth annual award was presented at the Chamber’s seventh annual ATHENA Leadership Symposium sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina on November…
Continue reading →Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) coming to your area
A two-week training exchange that will be held around the mountains of South Carolina and portions of North Carolina Oct. 29–Nov. 9, 2018. Wildland fire professionals from around the world will venture into five counties on both sides of the N.C./S.C. border to conduct prescribed burns, also called controlled burns….
Continue reading →Moody’s Provides Greenville Water with AAA Score
Only nine water utilities across the country have achieved this rating. Greenville SC- August 8, 2018- Moody’s scored Greenville Water as ‘AAA’ in its Annual Issuer Comment last month. Moody’s Investors Service is a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. Credit ratings impact borrowing power and interest…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Treatment Plants Receive Prestigious Recognition
Greenville SC – March 13, 2018 – Greenville Water’s Witty Adkins Water Treatment Plant and L.B. Stovall Water Treatment Plant received the prestigious Presidents Award and Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water. The Adkins Plant has received the Presidents Award for four years and the Directors Award for…
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